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Downtown Tucson Partnership frequently receives advisories including traffic alerts and other important community news that could affect workers, residents and visitors in Downtown Tucson.

 


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POSTED MARCH 14, 2024 | DOWNTOWN TRAFFIC ALERT: Via the City of Tucson Department of Transportation and Mobility (DTM): The road closure schedule associated with the St. Patrick's Day Parade & Festival is as follows:

On Sunday, March 17, 2024, the following streets will close from 7:30 a.m. to noon to vehicular travel for the St. Patrick's Day Parade and Festival:

  • Sixth Avenue from Broadway Boulevard to 18th Street
  • Stone Avenue from Broadway Boulevard to 18th Street
  • Ochoa/12th Street from Stone Avenue to Fifth Avenue
  • 13th Street/McCormick Street from Stone Avenue to Fifth Avenue
  • 14th Street/Cushing Street from Stone Avenue to Fifth Avenue
  • 15th Street/Simpson Street from Stone Avenue to Fifth Avenue
  • 17th Street from Convent Avenue to Fourth Avenue
  • Scott Avenue from Ochoa Street to McCormick Street/13th Street
  • Arizona Avenue from 12th Street to 18th Street
  • Fifth Avenue from 12th Street to 18th Street

See the full DTM news release with more information on these road closures here.

POSTED SEPTEMBER 14, 2022 | DOWNTOWN TRAFFIC ALERT: Via City of Tucson Department of Transportation and Mobility (DTM) - Stone Avenue at Sixth Street, including the Stone Avenue underpass, is [now] reopened to all northbound and southbound travel. The traveling public will use the new intersection configuration at Sixth Street, which will also allow motorists traveling northbound on Stone Avenue to proceed eastbound onto Sixth Street. Sixth Street remains closed to through travel just west of Stone Avenue, while crews continue work at the Union Pacific Railroad tracks to construct a new underpass. Motorists traveling eastbound on Sixth Street west of Stone Avenue will continue to use the Church Avenue detour to bypass this closure.

 


Downtown Access

View the recommended ways into downtown on the map below (green arrows) to avoid traffic delays and construction zones (map: City of Tucson DTM).

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